Brisbane and Hobart stadium challenges go beyond building it so they can come
The moral of Tasmania’s stadium furore should be that unrestrained government spending ultimately makes it difficult to pay for potentially beneficial infrastructure.
The hearts of long-suffering Australian rugby union followers were broken by the Wallabies’ controversial 29-26 last-minute loss to the British & Irish Lions in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday.
Yet the Wallabies coming so close to levelling the series with the touring Lions was still a morale-boosting achievement.
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